7 people displaced after electrical fire damages house in Edmundston, N.B.

Seven people have been displaced after a fire in an electrical system damaged a two-storey home in Edmundston, N.B.

The Canadian Red Cross says the fire was reported shortly after 10 p.m. on Sunday at a home on Rice Street.

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All four of the apartments in the home were evacuated as a result of the fire.

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Volunteers with the Canadian Red Cross say they arranged emergency lodging and meals for three men and two women from two units.

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Two men from two other apartments were able to arrange to stay with relatives for now.

There were no injuries in the blaze.